As young people with disabilities head towards adulthood, they find themselves cut off from familiar health services only to fall through the cracks of a fragmented adult care system. For many families raising children with disabilities, this transition is so abrupt and disorientating that it is described as “falling off the cliff”. While youth with disabilities [...]
Hi, my name is Rachel Martens, a 38 year-old mom of one from Calgary, Alberta, Canada with many hats to wear. I teach crochet, study as a part-time university student, and work as a research assistant for a KBHN-funded project called “Parents Partnering in Research,” (PPR) which is run through the CanChild Centre for Childhood [...]
"I had battled for years to try and find someone who could understand what was going wrong," Sam Pinnell told ABC News AM in Australia about her family's struggle to get a diagnosis for their youngest child. "The waiting list is so long, it's so hard to get your child diagnosed," she said. Diagnosing brain [...]
Following the June release of the 2018 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, Kids Brain Health Researchers began collaborating on an opinion piece focusing on their particular contribution to the report: the evidence around the benefits of physical activity and brain development kids with neurodisabilities. The text of an Op-Ed, published [...]
Parents of children with disabilities are stepping up to take a powerful role in shaping relevant, impactful research. Their greatest asset: their own personal, lived experiences of caring for their child. Parents Participating in Research (PPR), a Kids Brain Health Network-funded private Facebook group, is part of an emerging research model that brings parents and [...]
Dr. James Reynolds, Professor of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, and Associate Dean in the School of Graduate Studies at Queen’s, has been appointed as the Interim Chief Scientific Officer of Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN). One of the original researchers in KBHN, Dr. Reynolds has been a highly engaged in the Network in both leadership [...]
Kids Brain Health Network is delighted to congratulate Dr. Sheila Laredo, KBHN Chair of the Board of Directors, and Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, KBHN associate investigator, and their peers on the Ontario Autism Program Advisory Committee who were recently awarded the Gerry Bloomfield Award by Autism Ontario. The Ontario Autism Program Advisory Committee is an advisory [...]
An article from the UFV Today highlights the work of Kids Brain Health Network trainees in adapting Exergames, a physical activity program originally designed for children and youth with CP, to explore the impact of exercise and cognition in children with FASD. "HURRY UP CHEETAH! GO! GO! GO!!” There’s high-energy action in a resource room at [...]
Kids Brain Health Network supports findings in the 2018 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Released today, the Report Card gave Canadian kids a score of D+ for Overall Physical Activity. This grade is particularly alarming considering that this year’s Report Card also highlights important connections between physical activity and kids’ [...]
Kids Brain Health Network is delighted to share that the Hon. Colin Deacon was appointed an independent Senator on June 18. Senator Deacon, who fills a vacant Senate seat in Nova Scotia, has led a distinguished career as an entrepreneur and business leader. His leadership in promoting technology start-ups and businesses has helped create new jobs [...]
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